Cell Phone Articles
Apple Sues Samsung For Galaxy
We’ve mentioned before how similar the Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab devices bare a striking resemblance to their iPhone and iPad counterparts and it seems that we weren’t the only ones to notice. Apple has finally had enough of Samsung’s lack of creativity when it comes to external design and are suing the Korean giant for copying their “look and feel”. It really isn’t a surprising move considering Apple’s penchant to sue anybody and everybody they consider to be copying them in any way. However, this time it doesn’t seem so ridiculous.
Ovi Maps 3D Takes On Google Earth
Nokia has released a beta update for their Ovi Maps navigator. For certain cities around the world users are now given the option to make their way through a 3D representation. It’s pretty different from Google’s street view approach, whereby Google sends vehicles loaded with cameras down every road in the world and offer a pieced-together photo of epic proportions.
Quantum Teleportation Achieved
Even if you’re not in to the kind of stuff where you run in to words like “Quantum” and “Teleportation” this news should still pique your interest. Researches from Australia and Japan are now the first to successfully achieve light wave quantum teleportation.
HTC’s 7 New Mysterious Devices
There’s been a lot of exciting new tech coming out or at least being announced this year. Dual-core phones have showed their colours, dual-screen handsets have even made their debut, amazing new functions and service integration has been demonstrated and we’re finally starting to see some real competition in the tablet market. Now, according to Ausroid, HTC has just applied for 7 new Trademarks.
Angry Birds for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 has had a turbulent time finding acceptance among the top contenders of the smartphone operating system (OS) world, but now it seems they’ve finally made it. That’s right, Angry Birds has given the WP7 platform its own tick of approval and will be launching from the Microsoft Market on May 25th.
Nokia X7 is Great (at First Glance)
Nokia’s recent big Symbian event unveiled some new toys soon to be seen on the smartphone market. The Nokia X7 was certainly among the most eye-catching of the new Symbian ‘Anna’ devices and as such our attention has been immediately drawn to it and its pleasing figure.
Nokia E6 Looks Like a BlackBerry
Nokia’s taken a leaf out of RIM’s book and designed a very familiar-looking handset aimed at business and enterprise users. The Nokia E6 is a business-oriented phone with a 2.46 inch display, portrait QWERTY keypad, touchpad and capacitive touchscreen. You’ll recognise the basic design form the iconic BlackBerry series that was obviously the inspiration behind this handset’s form-factor.
SE Xperia Arc Actually Good
It appears that Sony Ericsson has done something right. It’s no secret that we were never fans of their last flagship phone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia 10. It was slow, jerky, was retrofitted (poorly) via a software update to support multi-touch and ran on Android 1.6 when all its similarly priced contemporaries ran on at least 2.1. Its problems didn’t end there, but we think you get the point; it was a remarkably average phone.
HTC Thunderbolt Gets LTE On/Off App
LTE is a fantastic network, it’s just about the fastest wireless data network out there at the moment. Unfortunately, however, those speeds come at a price – severely hampered battery life. That’s right, if you thought 3G was a battery hog you might have a bit of trouble with 4G.
Nokia's Big April 12th Symbian Event
Despite Nokia’s ongoing negotiations with Microsoft regarding the creation of Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets, Nokia still appears keen on continuing their Symbian line of smartphones. Nokia, once the top-dog in the handset industry, has been having a tough time of it since the release of the iPhone back in 2007. Despite new contenders like Android and WP7 already achieving vast to moderate success in the smartphone market, Nokia has continued to disappoint at almost every turn with its devices always lagging at least one generation behind the competition. This is not because Nokia makes sub-par handsets; far from it. On the contrary, Nokia’s hardware is probably their strongest point.
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